Welcome to Year 1!

Highlight of the week 03/03/25: What a week Year One has had! Monday, we came into class to see our cress had grown. On Tuesday, we made pancakes. On Wednesday, we had a guest reader (who had a mean Scottish accent!) and on Thursday we all dressed up for World Book Day. A word of caution, though, for anyone entering the Year One Classroom- it's WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!

      

Highlight of the week 10/02/25: In Year 1 we had lots of fun acting out what happens in a Baptism as part of our RE topic this term. We spoke about the key aspects involved in a christening, including godparents, the sign of the cross, the font, prayers and a candle. To conclude the christening celebrations, Willows had a party where we ate and danced to our favourite songs.

    

Highlight of the week 27/01/25: This week, Year 1 had a lovely trip to Radlett Synagogue. Willow class were excellent listeners taking in all the different aspects about the Jewish faith. They got to experience tasting Challah bread and tasting grape juice which they thoroughly enjoyed! They even learnt how to write their names in Hebrew!

      

Highlight of the week 13/01/25: Well, we have hit the term running with launching our new topic Blast Off! Willow class received a strange package and a letter. Inside were explorers clothes and a letter explaining that a sweet treasure has been hidden. Willow class had to follow the clues to find the treasure. It was fun - the children were fantastic Intrepid Explorers. We enjoyed our sweet treasure while finding out about the explorers we will be learning about this term.

         

Highlight of the week 9/12/24: In English Year 1 did an excellent job retelling the traditional tales of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Billy Goats Gruff and The Princess and the Pea. They had a story prop of themselves which they added to their traditional tales. Willows class also had a lovely time eating their Christmas lunch and enjoyed telling each other their Christmas jokes they received in their crackers.

        

Highlight of the week 25/11/24: In Year 1 on No Pens Day, we created a whole class story map of the Princess and the Pea by sequencing illustrations to match sentences. In Maths, we had to sort shapes using shape properties as our success criteria. We had to think very creatively not to use pens and it was a fun day.

     

Highlight of the week 11/11/24: In Year 1, to highlight awareness of anti-bullying, we wore odd socks to show that it is okay to be different and to stand up against bullying. In RHE we talked about how respect is the antidote to bullying. We created our own recipes for respect.

    

Highlight of the week 21/10/24: In Year 1, Willows class started a new topic: Poetry, and they did an amazing job acting out their nursery rhymes in groups. The nursery rhymes that were given in groups were: Hey Diddle Diddle, Little Bo Peep, Ring a Ring a Rosie and Humpty Dumpty.

     

  Highlight of the week 07/10/24: In Year One, we are learning to identify the feelings of others by looking at their facial expressions and body language. We played a game of feeling charades in groups of 3. The first person used their face and body to show a feeling, the second person identified the feeling and the third person gave a reason for the feeling.

     

Highlight of the week 23/09/24: This week, Year 1 had so much fun learning lots of different languages, such as French, Hungarian, Romanian and Spanish. In French, they were learning their colours with Miss Blair and did amazingly!

     

Highlight of the week 09/09/24: We have had a great start to Year One! We have been learning about the Zones of Regulation. This is when we put all of our emotions into four different colours: blue, green, yellow and red. We are learning that all emotions are okay, but some are better for learning than others. Emotions that fall into the green zone are the best for classroom learning. We have agreed to keep Willow Class a green zone; calm, happy and safe.